Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-04-30
LIFE L IN UTAH.
Stories abont norrnous aud Their Wives
and Daughters.

Nv driver was a grandson OF Brigham
4 smart, good looking Mormon, and yct
lie d~enounces p lvgamv Is strongly As q
Gentle. He has seen so much OF II
that he could not commend 1t. "On.T
: week, he SAID, "a rich Mormon,
With three wives, married a mother ana
her two daughters. al in The am night
The girls are aged IS an 20. res.
pectiyelv. aud the mother is -, AMI vet
a.. Of the women were glad OF the
chance to wed a Saint. for through hlm
they expect 70 90 TO heaven. The
woman could stop this great sin If they
~ouI be firm an /. repadiate men with
wives. but thev arc more fanatical than
the NAL S and glory in their shame.
Not ALL" he continued after a moments
70 'eetion. "for two weeks ago the 5ani-
tor Of the Tabernacle, an old man, com
ue.led his Is year old daughter 10 unite
her fate with a Mormon % years OF age.
and he had three wives before he took
&c asst one. Her entrcaties were OF 40
a.aiI. Married she was because her
religion taught her that she must obey
the creeis OF the church and her parents
commands. She is a sad, broken
hearted little woman to-day, but she
has only one consolation, and that is the
certainty OF heaven. Well, it appears
q me that | should rather have a little
hea@en on earth and trust to luck for
hujcs in the next world The Govern.
ment could stop these marriages if the
women would appeal to the United
states Courts for protection, but thew
viii not do so for fear of being expelled
from the church and boycotted BY all
SAINTS in the Territory. OF course the
GeutIle5 do not know when a marriage
takes place, as it $ conducted in a Sc
crct manner IN the Endowment Hose,
and notice is not made of it in the pa
per, for good and sufficient reasons.
There. are 5000 Gcntilcs an 30, 900
NorInons in Salt Lake City, yet there
is no display If bad blood between them.
But a rich German with whom | talked
said: Ihave lived in Salt Lake CITY
for II years. | have prospered here.
| like the place and nave had dealings
with the ormons involving large sums.
! have never been cheated ont of dime.
| have never quarrclcd with the saints.
or lad a hard word with them, and vet
had rather trust nv most bitter enemy,
if / had one, than a Mormon, for in case
Of trouble they would cut my throat
with a smiling face and think that no
crime was being committed. Friend
ship IS lost for the welfare Of the church
in all cases
Thy idea of admitting Utah as a
StatGls not regarded q wise Roposi-
ton 10y the Gcntiles. For heavens
sake DO not make a State out OF this
Territory, is the cry of all with whom
! talked THE Mormons would out
vote us at every point. The Government
could not prevent q man with but one
wife from voting, and can t ostracisc n
man for his religious belief. Yet these
N~ornons with bnt one wife would vote
as he church dictated then as now, and
W. should b. a their mercy. Crush the
head of the serpent and the tail Will die
IN the curse OF time, but not as soon as
your Eastern people think or desire.
GIVE us cml4ratIon, good and true men.
Let them settle on rich land and
raise crops and children. make money.
and then the end will come. but not by
force and bJoodshed. The seed OF the
martyr is the blood 0 the church, YOU
know, and, cOn!ound it. these people
"tt a. Ni'tttlt III ttlCII ICli9ttuN btiItI as
the most most dcvout, Of Catholics or
Protc~tants. If you 0 not think so
look II the enormous taxes they pay the
church, one tenth Of all they raise or
make. How long would YOU endure
such burdens, chnrch or no church?
Not q month without a howl Of indigna
tlon. And what DO they get for such
g sacliticet only tic blessings f the
Bishops or the Apostles and being call
ei brother. HAD these people been diff
tercnt from what they are they would
have been immortalilcd in song and
! prose for the great t in1s they have
done 70 make this Territory what it is,
and this valley the most fertile and pro
duc5ivc in the world. 8 paradise IN
summer and no. bad I, look at in Win
ter. Let Us give the Nornoas some
I credit in spite OF tGe sins, for / have
reason, for knowing that having more
than one wife is not unknown IN the
East as well as the We~t. But let Us
alone for the present, and don't Try ia
do 10 much in n short time. We want
10 b,ool>h"i. and ! desire 70 live a lit
Ii longer If possible